Applewood Countryside Park Reviews

Brilliant

A wonderful campsite, well set up. The showers were luxury, everything clean, well maintained and right next-door to Banham zoo. We will def stay again!

First time Caravan users

We booked this site as it was local to us for our 1st trip in our caravan before we ventured further afield & we weren't disappointed. The site is beautifully clean, the showers & toilet areas are spotless. Pitches are a very good size, well maintained & quite private. Site is right next door to Banham Zoo which is well worth a visit. There's a local shop, pub, restaurant & post office.

Really nice

Everything was spotless and well kept. The only thing that let it down was the price of the laundry and the fact the spin wasn't good and the dryer, therefore, didn't dry. Ended up using my campervan as a drying rack. If you don't need to do a washing then everything is great.

Great find

Stayed here for the weekend and had a great time. The site is within the zoo complex with plenty of parking. The town itself has a local shop, pub and great fish and chip shop selling kebabs and pizzas. The showers are very clean and possibly some of the best we have seen while camping. However, if you are using the EHU make sure your lead reaches your tent before you pitch. Ours was short at 10 metres and the on site team could not do anything to help, apart from suggesting I took my tent down and moved it to another pitch, which wasn't helpful.

Hidden gem

A wonderful camp site with great facilities and lots of space. It was clean and friendly and in a superb location, I will definitely be back.

Just what we needed!

Great campsite. Helpful and friendly staff. Location was perfect. Highly recommend.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to write us a lovely review and we look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

Great location for a weekend visit

Picked the site because it happens to be not far from where hot air balloons were going up. Arrived Friday, settled in. Saturday at Banham Zoo next door. Sunday morning at the car boot, then lunch at the Red Lion in Kenninghall (walkable along a footpath rather than on the roads). Left Monday morning and went home via Attleborough.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to write us a lovely 5* review. We are pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us here at Applewood. It sounds like you had an action packed weekend and hopefully made lots of happy memories. We look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Great stay!

A great service and very friendly staff. Lincoln was especially helpful getting the car started! It was nice and quiet and very spacious. There was a lot of room for kids. Next to the zoo, pub, shop and chippy. Cash only but shop does cashback.

Site's response

Many thanks for your lovely review. I am really pleased that you enjoyed your stay here at Applewood Countryside Park. We were only too pleased to help fix with your car and I will pass your feedback onto Lincoln and his boss. We look forward to seeing you again in the future.

Two days away and a zoo

A nice place and a zoo to see.

Site's response

Many thanks for your lovely review and we hope to see you again soon.

Great site

Great site. Team are really friendly and helpful. Everything was clean and recently refurbished. Beautiful surroundings, well maintained.

Site's response

Hi Lesley, many thanks for the lovely 5* review. It was great to hear that you enjoyed your stay here last week. As a small family business, it was nice to hear that our staff were friendly, helpful and that you felt everything was clean and well maintained. I will certainly pass your feedback back onto the staff. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Wonderful

A wonderful site. Very spacious and well laid out. The facilities were immaculate.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to wite us a fabulous 5* review. We are pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay and found our facilities immaculate. Our Housekeeping and Cleaning staff work extremely hard to ensure that every guest gets clean facilities so I will pass on your comments. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

Nice and clean

Nice and clean, staff are great. Location is very nice.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to review our Campsite. It was lovely to hear that you found our facilities nice and clean and our staff looked out for you throughout your stay. We look forward to welcoming you back in the future.

Fabulous campsite.

Great games area for kids and adults. Great showers, hot water, flat campsite. Great local shop, butchers, pub, takeaway and zoo. Fabulous all around.

Site's response

Hi Sarah, Many thanks for taking the time to write us such a lovely 5* review. We are pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to welcome you and your family back again soon.

Great

it was really nice. Good location. Shop, bar, fish and chips and great butchers. I would definitely come back but I felt that it was a bit overcrowded.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to write us a review and we look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

Excellent stay

A very friendly, peaceful site. The pitches were of good size. The location was good if you wanted to visit Banham Zoo, 2 mins walk. We walked into the next village through the fields. The Red Lion pub served excellent food.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to write such a lovely 5* review. It was great to hear that you enjoyed your recent stay with us. I am glad that you found the footpath down through the fields into Kenninghall as it is a beautiful walk with pretty scenery enroute. The Red Lion is very popular with our guests, so good to know that you had a lovely meal. Next time you come to stay, we can give you directions to walk through the footpaths going in the other direction as that's also a nice walk with pub enroute. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

We enjoyed the stay in the standard pod

The site was very clean and well run and we were allowed to arrive late without any bother at all.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to write us a lovely review. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay and hope to be able to welcome you back again soon.

Lovely stay

Nice place, nice and quiet.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to write us a lovely review. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you again soon.

No problems here

Good site.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to review our Park. I am glad to hear that you had no problems and enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

Beautiful, well kept park

Very friendly and efficient staff that couldn't do enough for you. We found this site as a last minute booking and there were no more electric hooks up available but on arrival, Karen the manager sorted it very quickly at a small £5 charge. Very clean and well positioned pitches, we were at the back of the park, it was lovely and quiet. Only one negative, the female showers were so hot you couldn't stand underneath and there were no adjustment controls so there is no way a child could use them. We did find out afterwards that there were more modern showers in the next block.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to write us a lovely 5* review. We are really pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay and would like to thank you for pointing out the temperature of the ladies showers, I will get this checked immediately. We hope to welcome you back again soon.

Grandparents/grandson weekend

We had a great stay with our grandson (3½ years old) over the Easter weekend.

Site's response

So glad to hear that you and your Grandson enjoyed your stay with us this weekend and we look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

Easter weekend fun

Loved this site apart from two things. Due to the rain and being on a grass pitch, as soon as we pulled on, we sunk into the mud and got stuck. The site tried to get a tractor or someone to pull us out but thankfully, a fellow camper who had a tow rope helped and saved the day. Our only other gripe is that we were located too far away from water to be able to fill up the motorhome. We had two hose pipes which have always been overkill for any other site we have stayed at, but we needed a third hose to reach, which on this occasion, the site were able to help us with. This would not stop us from staying again but if we were told in advance, we would have been more prepared. The advice we were given by the campsite was most people pull off their pitch to fill up, but we were not able to do that as we were attached to our awning!

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to write us a nice review. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your Easter break and hope that the niggles you encountered will not put you off coming to stay with us again. Next time you come to stay, please let us know and we will do our best to ensure that you are on hard standing and located next to a water tap to make filling your motorhome easier. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

Amazing campsite

Great campsite, facilities where clean and modern. Pitch was great and out the way, with lots of space to set up.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to review the park. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

Weekend stay visiting family

Due to having rained so much, the edges around the pitch were extremely muddy. It was due to no fault of the site, but it made it challenging every time you wanted to venture out. The site itself is lovely and the showers were spotless and it's so lovely having underfloor heating. The warden was helpful especially as when we arrived it was dark and pouring with rain and the electric wouldn't work at first. We would definitely come again, but will wait until things dry up a little first.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to write us a lovely review. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay despite the miserable weather. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon when the sun is shining and the ground is dry.

My stay

Nice site. Clean and tidy.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to write us a lovely 5* review, Paul. I was pleased to hear that you found the park clean and tidy, as our staff try really hard to ensure that the facilities are well kept. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

Quiet, rural site

It's hard to score this stop. It's in the middle of nowhere, apart from the zoo next door. At the entrance to the site there is a little shop, butchers, chip shop/ kebab shop and a pub so generally well catered for. The site could be much better with a bit more attention to detail and grass cutting. The grass was collected when it was 3" long which meant it all went into our van, tent, the toilets and showers etc. The new showers at the rear are great but let down by slow poor fans so the rooms steam up and using the mirrors are not possible. The toilet blocks are clean but there were lots of cobwebs. This could be a 5 star park with some attention to detail.

Site's response

Many thanks for taking the time to review our Park. We are glad to hear that you found the campsite well catered for. We have taken on board your comments on the grass cutting and the fans in the new shower facilities and will see if it is possible to rectify the issues. Our cobweb brush is out on a regular basis but our little friends love to come join us on a daily basis so we will have to more of an keep and eye on them. We look forward to welcoming you back again.